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all sides have to be equal to tessellate .so the answer depends on the pentagon

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Q: Why dont pentagons tessellate?
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Is it possible to create a tessellation from pentagons?

Regular pentagons will not tessellate but there are 15 classes of convex pentagons – the latest discovered in 2015 – which will tessellate.


How do you put 3 regular pentagons together?

Regular pentagons do not tessellate.


Do octagons tessellate?

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Can regular pentagon tessellate by themselves?

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Do pentagons tessellate?

No they do not tessellate...believe me I've tried and I've been told you couldn't * * * * * Clearly, you did not try enough. There are 15 pentagons which will tessellate: the last of these was discovered in August 2015. To see more visit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentagonal_tiling


Do pentagons and hexagons tessellate together?

As a matter of fact, yes they do.


How do hexagons and pentagons tessellate?

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How many types of tessellation?

There are infinitely many. For example, every different triangle can tessellate. There are 15 types of pentagons which will tessellate.


Which polygons do not tessellate?

Pentagons, decagons, and octagons will not tessellate. In order to create a tessellation, the sum of the angles at a point must be 360.


Can a pentagon tesselate?

Type your answer here... yes As of late 2016, there are 15 irregular pentagons which will tessellate.


Why is it that only quadrilaterals triangles and hexagons can tessellate the plane?

There can be no answer because the assertion is not true. There are 15 types of convex pentagons - the last discovered in 2015 - which will tessellate.


What polygons were used to make the tessellation?

All triangles will tessellate. All quadrilaterals will tessellate There are 15 classes of convex pentagons (the latest discovered in 2015) which will tessellate. Regular hexagons will tessellate. In addition, there are 3 classes of irregular convex hexagons which will tessellate. No convex polygon with 7 or more sides will tessellate.